Will Smith In "I Am Legend"

I Am Legend was interesting. And I Am Legend was horrifying. Similar to medical history - interesting and horrifying. We "cure" a disease only for it to become worse, or for a worse strain to develop, or for something worse to come along. Will Smith brought this to light for me in a way I never thought imaginable.

That is the premise of I Am Legend. Here, the disease cured was cancer. Three years later, the film takes place. Will Smith plays Dr. Robert Neville, who is immune to the virus which presumably developed from the cured Cancer. (My roommate told me a few minutes ago that the film is based on a book. I'll have to read that.)

I won't ruin the story here, but what I will tell you is this: it's good. It made me jump. The characters - dog, man, monsters, etc. were created in a fascinating manner. They seemed horribly real - and terribly believable.

One of the best and worst parts of the movie was this: Robert Neville set up a trap for the monsters. (The monsters are vicious, pale, hairless, have dialated eyes and are "allergic" to sunlight.) He catches the monsters to test them with different combinations of his own blood to find a cure.

The next day, one of the mannequins Robert has dressed up and set around the city, whom he's named Fred, is not where he's been for the last 1000ish days. When he goes to inspect it, he's caught in a trap the monsters set up for him.

At the very end, Legend had a flashback-type thing to Signs, where there was a reason for something his little girl said at the beginning of the movie.

If you go see it, tell me if you see a slab of meat hanging from the window near the end of the film... it's red and dripping blood, after the scene where the monsters set the trap for him. I thought I saw something of that nature, but The Boy says he doesn't know what I'm talking about.

All in all, I thought the film was excellent, even if it wound my nerves into a tight little ball. What'd you think?